St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-12
THE COMMERCIAL RECORD.
On the Chicago Board Of Trade the
Markets We're Higher and Spec
ulation Good.
Corn and Provisions Led the Advance
and Helped Other Articles
Upwards.
Transactions in the Financial Circles
Of Wall Street.-The General
Quotations.
enecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1I.-There was full at
tendance on change at the opening. Sensa-
tional rumors have been in circulation 1or
several days to the effect that the anarchlsts
were contemplating the bombardment OF the
board of trade to-day, but the gossip was re-
garded as worse than idle vaporing, and no
attention was paid to it. No unusual pre-
cautions were taken, and business went on
without the slightest change, Wheat and
corn were steady at about yesterday closing
prices or a little better. There was 1alr
trade in both pits. Transactions in wheat
during the past hour were on basis OF ISA
073lac for December; 73s4@737sc for jan
uary and 79@79Isc for May. Corn was
Quoted at 4IIsc Tor December and Jonuary
and 45s4@46c for May. The latter month
was especially active and strong. ProVls-
sions opened higher and quite active All
product was in demand, but the advance
there was heavy realizing, and values receded-
January pork was rushed up to S13.25 and
back to S13 10, and May pork up TO SI5'Io
and back to S1357l2. January ribs al
yanced to Sc. 67Ia and declined TO $3.50, and
January lard travelled identically the same
route at the hour set for the execution. III
terest in the tragedy being enacted at the jan
deepened. and for time business dragged
The wheat pit was almost deserted ana a
crowd gathered around the little quotation
telegraph booth, where bulletins were posted
every two or three minutes. When the drop
fell a long breath of relief was drawn and
the struggle for sixteenths was resumed IN
the pits The corn market was the center OF
interest. The market had been strong all
morning. After II o'clock it became very
strong. December and January jumped TO
42Iac and May to 46l2c, a gain over yester-
days closings of 313c and
GAIN IN TWO DAYS
of lac. The reduced government estimates,
brisk shipping inquiry and light receipts
combine to put prices up and keep the mar
ket firm at the advance. Trading was gem
eral and the aggregate Of business was large.
The ! O'Clock range was within lie OF the out
side; wheat was steady at slight advance;
December sold up to 1859, January TO 74c
and May to 1880. The market receded lsc,
but the tone was firm. The market was dull,
however, to the end. Cables were firm, and
advices from the seaboard were favorable.
Oats scored gain of 14c Provisions con-
tinued active and nervous to the close OF the
long session. Two or three times the market
started down, but the decline was checked
with a Jerk, and values turned up under
$500. and other product followed this
month closely. The trade is in January and
Nav pork, TO the neglect of the rest of the
lists.
The sustained strength of the market is a
sort of surprise to the professionals. There
is no way of judging whether the principal
long lines of pork have been sold. The i'm
preston prevails, however, that they have
been unloaded in good part on the bulge.
Lake engagements were reported for 5000
bushels of corn only. Estimated receipts to-
morrow: Wheat, 40 cars; corn, go cars;
oats, 165 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
THE QUOTATIONS..
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Nheat-No. 2, November opening at I2S4c.
closing at 72ssc; December, 73Ac, closing at
73Isc: January. 73s4c, closing at 73l2c; May,
zoe closing at 7S7Bc COrn-No. 2, NOvem-
Der. opening at 424c, closing at 42l2c; De-
cember, 417sc, closing at 42ac; January,
417sc, closing at 42lsc; May, 45s4c. closing
255sc, closing at 259sc; December, 257sc,
closing at 257Sc; May, 29s4c, closing at
297sc. Mess Pork-Per Dbl. January open
ing at Sl3.12ls, closing at S13. l7l2; Feb
ruary, $3.50, closing at $3.50; May,
Sl3.62l2, closing at $500. Lard-Per 100
lbs November opening at Sc 57l2, closing at
662Ia; December, S6.51i2, closing at $500
January, S6.62I2, closing at $500: May,
S6.92l2, closing atS6.90. snort ltlDS-fer IOO
lbs, January, opening at S6.65. closing at
S6.65; February, 500. closing at 1913
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
ruled dull and neglected with prices steady.
Wheat-No. 3 spring, 72s4@727Sc; No. 8
spring, 62@G4c; No. . red, 73@13l2c. Corn
No. 2, 43l2c. 0ats-No. ., 23'2c. Rye
No. ., 52c. Barley-No. =, 76c. Flax
seed-No. 1. S1.15. Prime timothy seed,
1927. Mess pork, per Dbl, $13.@13.25.
Lard, per 100 lbs. S6.62l2. Short ribs. sides
- oh. Ia
(boxed), 5000. Short clear sides (boxed),
Sc. S5@6.9O. Whisky, distillers' finished
goods, per gal, S1.10. Receipts-Flour IL
600 bbls; wheat, II 900 bu; corn, 123,00 bu:
oats, 10S,0 900 bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, 81, ,
900 bu. Shipments-Flour, $4,000 bbls;
weat. 5000 blu; corn, $1,000 bu; oats, 113,
600 bu; rye, 900 bu; barley, 10000 bu. On
the produce exchange to-day the butter mar
ket was active with creamery at 22@2Sc and
dairy at 1S@24c. Eggs-Shade easier at Is
@19c.